I've known this girl in my grade since about 6th grade, between 5 and 6 years ago. She was a great athlete, nice person, good lookin' as anything, and not a bad student either.
She was diagnosed with a strange form of cancer about 8 or 10 months ago, I believe. Ever since then, I'd only been encouraging news about her condition. She'd come to school every once-in-a-while, but mostly was getting treatment. She came in to school to visit about a month ago, which was a nice treat.
Today, I was sitting in my U.S. History II class and my friend turned around and whispered to me, "***** passed away today." I was pretty stunned because of what I'd been hearing, but he assured me it was true. I was pretty bummed out, too, because of how shocking it was, but I tried not to let it get to me. My friend told me not to tell people, and I understood, so I obliged.
Two periods later, school ended. I walked out of my last class of the day into the hall and saw someone crying. It was one person, so I didn't really think much of it. Then, I saw a group of three more girls crying. Hmm...why? Then, I saw another group of girls crying, and I had realized why. People heard the news, and it was the unfortunate truth. I knew there was something strange that afternoon when I left my last class. The halls were considerably quieter than usual, and there was no drama. That's when I really felt what had happened. I was growing more and more depressed about it. I wasn't great friends with this girl, but I was friendly with her and we had many mutual friends. The halls had a different vibe this afternoon. Half of the school was in tears, but everybody had a sympathetic look on their face like they all were hurt on the inside.
It's just messed up. Things like this shouldn't happen. It really makes you think, though. I'm not doin' too badly now, but a bunch of my friends were hit pretty hard. I just wish there was something that could be said to them, or anybody for that matter, that could explain this.
Sorry about the rant; it's been a pretty strange day.
She was diagnosed with a strange form of cancer about 8 or 10 months ago, I believe. Ever since then, I'd only been encouraging news about her condition. She'd come to school every once-in-a-while, but mostly was getting treatment. She came in to school to visit about a month ago, which was a nice treat.
Today, I was sitting in my U.S. History II class and my friend turned around and whispered to me, "***** passed away today." I was pretty stunned because of what I'd been hearing, but he assured me it was true. I was pretty bummed out, too, because of how shocking it was, but I tried not to let it get to me. My friend told me not to tell people, and I understood, so I obliged.
Two periods later, school ended. I walked out of my last class of the day into the hall and saw someone crying. It was one person, so I didn't really think much of it. Then, I saw a group of three more girls crying. Hmm...why? Then, I saw another group of girls crying, and I had realized why. People heard the news, and it was the unfortunate truth. I knew there was something strange that afternoon when I left my last class. The halls were considerably quieter than usual, and there was no drama. That's when I really felt what had happened. I was growing more and more depressed about it. I wasn't great friends with this girl, but I was friendly with her and we had many mutual friends. The halls had a different vibe this afternoon. Half of the school was in tears, but everybody had a sympathetic look on their face like they all were hurt on the inside.
It's just messed up. Things like this shouldn't happen. It really makes you think, though. I'm not doin' too badly now, but a bunch of my friends were hit pretty hard. I just wish there was something that could be said to them, or anybody for that matter, that could explain this.
Sorry about the rant; it's been a pretty strange day.
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